the deceased

noun

formal

: a dead person or dead people

a relative of the deceased

Three of the deceased are being buried today.

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Photographs and personal items of the deceased are commonly placed among candles as is food such as bread. —

Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024 The identity of the deceased is pending at this time, the Office of the Deputy Commissioner said. —

Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024 The advent of the spiritualist movement in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries coincided with the promulgation of photography, and the movement often made use of photography to add credit to their claims of contacting the spirits of the deceased. —

The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 Oct. 2024 And Hetty Woodstone, the deceased lady of the manor, in the current hit comedy Ghosts, which opens season four on CBS on October 17. —

Marc Berman, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the deceased